Head-rest



(No Model.)

A. P. GOULD.

HEAD REST.

No. 398,893. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

AARON P. GOULD, OF CANTON, OHIO.

H EAD REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,893, dated March 5,1889.

Application filed April 14, 1888. Serial No. 270,620. (No model.)

To a'ZZ whom it may COTZCQT/t. and clamping pin 1'). The disk IQ isplaced on Be it known that I, AARON P. G017 L1i ,a citi- 1 said pin,thestem C rcstin g in the depressions zen of the United States, and aresident of 5 l. The disk Gis then placed upon the pin D, Canton, countyof Stark, State of Ohio, have i the reverse or plain side restingagainst the 55 5 invented a new and useful Improvement in i face .2 ofthe disk E. Disk F is then placed Head-Rests, of which the following isa full, g in the pin D, the inclines m resting reversely. clear, andexact description, reference being on the inclines n of the disk G. Thestem Ii had to the accompanying drawings, making of the head-rest isthen placed through the part of this specification. perforations p ofpin D, resting in the depres- 6o 1 My invention relates toin'iprovemcnts in sions g on the outer face of the disk F. In headrests;and it consists in providing a this case the disk F isnot seen in Figs.1 and head-rest that maybe secured to the back of i 9, being obscured bythe rim 2- about the a dental or surgical chair and be adjust-ed disk G.above or to either side, or down in front of the The stem ii is formedof two semicircular 6 I5 chair-back, and secured in such adjustment.parts of any desired length, and grooved and lVith these objects in viewmy invention tongued, as stem 0. The part 3 is pivotally consists of thehereinafter-described construcsecured to a lug, f, on the metalcushion-suption and combination of parts, as set forth port J, and thepart U is pivotally secured to in the claims. the link 2', which ispivotally secured to the 70 Figure 1 is a view in perspective of aheadlug t on the cushion-support.

restillustrating my invention. Fig. i is the By turning the handle 0 inone direct-ion the same adjusted in front of the chair-back. Fig.inclines n resting on the inclines m, the disks 3 is a view of thefastening-disks and handle. E and F will be forced apart and against theFig. at is a view of the stationary elampingstems C and H, pressing themagainst the 75 2 5 disk. Fig. 5 is a view of. the supporting and outersides of the perforations 7a and 7c, securclamping pin. Fig. 6 is a viewof the parts ing the parts in the desired adjustment, and by which thehead-rest maybe moved over by turning the handle in the reverse direcanddown in front of the Cllfidbbfitlk. Fig. 7 tion the stems C and H willbe released for is a view of the stationary clamping-disk. adjustment,and when so released the stems 8o Similar letters of reference indicatecorre- C and H be moved in the perforations in the sponding parts in allof the figures of the pin Dforthe pnrposeof moving the head-restdrawings. up or down or to adjust the cushion, or to A represents theback of a chair to which turn the cushion over and down in front of thehead-rest is secured by the portion B pro the chair, as shown in Fig. i,so as to bring 85 vided for that purpose, said portion having a the restwithin the'reach of children and seforwardly-projected portion, (1, uponwhich i cured in desired adj ustmcnt, the links 7L there is providedupwardly-projected lugs Z1 and iforinin a brace to the parts when so ande. The supporting-stem C is formed of adjusted. two parts, (I and e,semicircular in cross sec- The cushion K maybe rocked on its pivotal 040 tion; the part having at its lower end a T connection with the part.9 of the stem H, the portiomf, by which the part c is pivotallyscpartto sliding on the part .9, and the stem C cured to the lugs b. 4 Thepart (I is provided may be moved forward and back over the top at itslower end with an ontwardly-projected of the chair and when the parts dand e are lug, g, which is pivotally secured to the lug c clampedtogether the link 71 will act as a brace 95 by the link 71 In the innerflat face of the to prevent the stem swinging on its pivotal part c isprovided a groove, 1', and on the inconnection with the portion B bywhich it is ner face of the part d a tongue, j, adapted to secured tothe chair. the said groove 1', by which the two parts are Having thusfullydeseribed the nature and secured in alignment. The two parts whenobject of my invention, what I claim, and de- I00 so arranged, formingthe stem 0, are passed sire to secure by Letters Patent, is

through the perforation k in the supporting 1. The combination in ahead-rest, with a body portion,l3,seeurod to the chair,of a supportingstem formed of two parts, link 72 cushion-support J,supporting-stein H, formed of two parts pi votall y seen red thereto,link '1 pin IO nient, substantially as described, and for the purposeset forth.

2. In a head-rest, the cmnbinalion, with a suitable support and ahead-rest cushion, of a two-part stein connecting'the head -rest 1.5cushion with the support, one of the parts of the two-part stein beingpivoted directly to the cushion-frame and the other connected therewithby a link, and a clamping device to lock the parts of the stem togetherand to 20 the support, the said link forming a brace 'when the stem islocked, substantially as set forth.

3. In a head-rest, the combination, with a suitable support and ahead-rest cushion, of a two-part stem pivoted to the support, one partof the two-part stem being pivoted directly to the support and the otherconnected with the support by a link, means for connecting the cushionwith said two-part stem, and a clamping device to lock the parts of thestem together, substantially as set forth.

4. In a head-rest, the combination, with a suitable support, and ahead-rest cushion, of two two-part stems, each element of one of thetwo-part stems being pivotally connected to the support, and eachelement of the other two-part stein being pivoted to the head-restcushion, and an intermediate clamping device connecting said stems atpoints opposite their pivotal connection, substantially as set forth. Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of March, A.D. 1888.

AARON 1 GOULD. \Vitnesses:

CHAS. R. MILLER, W. K. MILLER.

